By Allan Fox: Top Rank has put together a nice little card headlined by WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire 28-1, 18 KO’s) battling IBF 122 pound champion Jeffrey Mathebula (26-3-2, 14 KO’s) on July 7th at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The card will be televised by HBO.
Kelly Pavlik
Pavlik vs. Rosinsky to replace Rios-Herrera on July 7th card in Carson, California
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO Kelly Pavlik (39-2, 34 KO’s) will be facing super middleweight prospect Will Rosinsky (16-1, 9 KO’s) in a 10 round bout to replace the Brandon Rios vs. Maurcio Herrera fight on July 7th at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California. Rios injured his left arm and had to pull out of the Herrera fight. The headliner on the card will be WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire facing IBF champion Jeffrey Mathebula.
Pavlik wants one more tune-up bout before going after a title fight
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (39-2, 34 KO’s) dispatched Scott Sigmon (22-3, 12 KO’s) in the 7th round on Friday night in the 30-year-old Pavlik’s second tune-up fight in a bloody bout that was more of slaughter than anything resembling a real fight.
Pavlik stops Sigmon
By Jim Dower: In a card filled with mismatches, former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (39-2, 34 KO’s) battered a badly over-matched Scott Sigmon (22-4, 12 KO’s) on Friday night for seven sickening to watch rounds before the fight was finally halted after the 7th round in their fight at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pavlik must beat Sigmon to keep alive Bute or Stevenson fight possibilities
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (38-2, 33 KO’s) will be back in the ring tonight for one of his now rare bouts when he faces Scott Sigmon (22-3, 12 KO’s) in what is supposed to be an easy tune-up fight for Pavlik at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Weights: Pavlik 167lbs, Sigmon 167lbs
By Dan Ambrose: At today’s weigh-in, Kelly Pavlik (38-2, 33 KO’s) came in pound under the limit at 167 lbs for his bout tomorrow night on Friday against Scott Sigmon (22-3, 12 KO’s) at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sigmon, 25, also weighed in at 167 lbs.
Bute could face Pavlik next
By Scott Gilfoid: Since it looks like IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch is going to face his former conqueror Mikkel Kessler next, Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) and his promoters are looking to take on former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (38-2, 33 KO’s) next, provided that Pavlik beats little known fighter Scott Sigmon on Friday night.
Pavlik could fight Adonis Stevenson in IBF 168 lb eliminator
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (38-2, 33 KO’s) says he’s going to speak with his manager to consider facing super middleweight contender Adonis Stevenson (18-1, 15 KO’s) in an IBF 168 pound eliminator bout to try and become the mandatory challenger for International Boxing Federation champion Carl Froch.
Sigmon: Pavlik doesn’t have the supreme confidence anymore
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (38-2, 33 KO’s) will be back in the ring on Friday night in a 10 round bout against unknown Scott Sigmon (22-3, 12 KO’s) in what shapes up to be a mismatch at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
IBF asks Pavlik to face Adonis Stevenson
By Dan Ambrose: The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is asking #7 IBF super middleweight contender Kelly Pavlik (38-2, 33 KO’s) to face #2 IBF Adonis Stevenson (18-1, 15 KO’s) on August 11th in an IBF 168 pound eliminator bout to determine a mandatory challenger to IBF 168 pound champion Carl Froch.